"Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark……" — Carl von Clausewitz
"Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero."
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Carl von Clausewitz
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97 Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light…
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
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War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends…
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will,…
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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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More Boldness Quotes
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Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?
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Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't…
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
— Jean Anouilh
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
— Ramakrishna
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. -Johann Wolfgang…
— Frank Sinatra
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A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it.
— Charles Lamb
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith…
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style,…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known,…
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
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If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.
— Alfred Noyes
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